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Reviewed by Andrew J. Spencer The contemporary age is one of information and ideas. Fragments of philosophy and theology are tossed about on the internet like so much flotsam waiting to wash up on the nearest shore to be viewed,…
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Reviewed by Carsten Card-Hyatt Since the first edition of his Romans commentary, Karl Barth’s theology has been dogged by the charge that the absolute priority of divine action in his thought renders meaningful talk of ethics impossible. In more recent years, the…
Reviewed by Paul A. Sanchez Matthew Avery Sutton, Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of History at Washington State University, argues that American premillennialist Christians bought and sold the narrative of an imminent apocalypse. Their urgent call for apocalyptic readiness drove…
Though written before the infamous 2015 SCOTUS decision on gay marriage this little book (that I came across only just recently) could scarcely be more up to date. There are doubtless more recent stats and such, but Lutzer’s The Truth…
Reviewed by Todd Scacewater The point of Mascord’s book is to assess the contribution of Alvin Plantinga’s work in the realm of apologetics and to make some slight adjustments to his epistemology to improve it for use in positive apologetics.…
Reviewed by Kirk Wellum Gather God’s People is part of the excellent Practical Shepherding series either written or co-written by Brian Croft. This time Croft teams up with Jason Adkins, who, according to the introduction was the primary author of the…
Reviewed by Patrick Schreiner Introduction Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook is a unique Greek textbook because it takes into account most of the advances in the study of linguistics and Greek in the past few decades. While…
Have you ever encountered an objection to the Christian faith for which you knew there was a solid rebuttal, but you could not think of it at the moment. This is one of the main challenges of apologetics — to…
Reviewed by Paul Tautges When it comes to counseling others, “Many people know what it’s like to care deeply, but do not know what to do after the hug.” However, Bob Kellemen seeks to change that in his book Gospel-Centered…
Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel We may not have read his works, and we may not even have heard of him, but that says much more about us than it does about him. Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635-1711) is one of…
Reviewed by Mark Farnham Like all apologists, Craig Biehl wants you to defend the Christian faith, but he wants you to do it from the foundation of a deep and abiding knowledge of God. His book, God the Reason: How…
Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel With the increasing attention it is receiving the doctrine of common grace seems to be coming of age in our day. It’s a delightful doctrine, reminding us that despite human sin God’s purpose to bless…
Review by J. Stephen Yuille The term “walk” is found throughout Scripture. As a matter of fact, it’s one of the most common biblical metaphors for the Christian life. It’s somewhat difficult for us to appreciate this, because we live…
Reviewed by David Luy Summary The study of Martin Luther’s theology poses a considerable set of challenges for the beginner and specialist alike. The sheer vastness of Luther’s literary production (in excess of 120 volumes in the critical edition…
Reviewed by Kevin McFadden This Festschrift for Doug Moo is a delightful collection of sixteen short essays by evangelical scholars on different aspects of Paul’s letters and theology. It opens with a brief biography of Moo written by his former student Dane Ortlund,…
Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel Who did Jesus think he was? That’s the subject of Sigurd Grindheim’s God’s Equal: What Can We Know about Jesus’ Self-Understanding? His contention, as the title states, is that Jesus’ own words reflect a…
